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Rand Paul stopped by TSA

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I wonder what kind of fall out is going to come out of this? Probably minimal unfortunately. TSA needs to be retired and quickly.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71818.html
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was blocked from boarding a flight Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn., after refusing a full body pat-down, POLITICO has confirmed.

“I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said. “The image scan went off; he refused patdown.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/01 ... z1kJmhx8Qs
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You know the TSA may just soon regret this if Ron Paul gets on the soap box about the TSA again during the campaign trail. Think about it; if you had to focus on one group the a majority of Freedom Loving Americans totaly disagree with it would be the TSA. If Ron Paul wants to make it a campaign issue,,,, Well I will just say that he would be a good one to do it.
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Taggure wrote:If Ron Paul wants to make it a campaign issue,,,, Well I will just say that he would be a good one to do it.
I agree that RP would be the person to do it. But he'll probably claim that it was an inside job.

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OakRidgeStars wrote:
Taggure wrote:If Ron Paul wants to make it a campaign issue,,,, Well I will just say that he would be a good one to do it.
I agree that RP would be the person to do it. But he'll probably claim that it was an inside job.

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Taggure wrote:You know the TSA may just soon regret this if Ron Paul gets on the soap box about the TSA again during the campaign trail. Think about it; if you had to focus on one group the a majority of Freedom Loving Americans totaly disagree with it would be the TSA. If Ron Paul wants to make it a campaign issue,,,, Well I will just say that he would be a good one to do it.
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/the-issues/national-defense/
* Prevent the TSA from forcing Americans to either be groped or ogled just to travel on an airplane and ultimately abolish the unconstitutional agency.
This has been a main point from the start for his campaign. Personally I think that they should be pushing more on this point, but it is something Paul has already been talking about for a while now.
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Taggure wrote:Think about it; if you had to focus on one group the a majority of Freedom Loving Americans totaly disagree with it would be the TSA.
That's still a small minority. Most Americans - the non-Freedom Loving kind - like TSA.
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Diomed wrote:
Taggure wrote:Think about it; if you had to focus on one group the a majority of Freedom Loving Americans totaly disagree with it would be the TSA.
That's still a small minority. Most Americans - the non-Freedom Loving kind - like TSA.
Or, since most Americans have no health insurance, perhaps they just need the free x-rays and prostate/cervix exams?
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totes6 wrote:I wonder what kind of fall out is going to come out of this? Probably minimal unfortunately. TSA needs to be retired and quickly.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71818.html
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was blocked from boarding a flight Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn., after refusing a full body pat-down, POLITICO has confirmed.

“I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said. “The image scan went off; he refused patdown.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/01 ... z1kJmhx8Qs
Judging by the responses at WJLA.com , I'd say the fall out is minimal.
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